Business analytics refers to methods and practices that create value through data for individuals, firms, and organizations. This field is currently experiencing a radical shift due to the advent of deep learning: deep neural networks promise improvements in prediction performance as compared to models from traditional…
New framework uses OR to ensure AI systems make safe decisions.
problem Ensuring generative AI systems make safe decisions as they gain autonomy.
method Developed a conceptual framework combining flow-based models and adversarial robustness.
result Increased autonomy requires new OR approaches for feasibility, robustness, and stress testing.
This study explores the index theory of Heisenberg elliptic and transversally Heisenberg elliptic operators using KK-theory.
problem Analyzing the index theory of Heisenberg elliptic and transversally Heisenberg elliptic operators.
method Applying Kasparov's methodology and examining specific conditions using Fourier transform of the nilpotent group C∗-algebra. result Demonstrated enhanced methods for analyzing hypoellipticity and defined transversal Heisenberg ellipticity in a KK-theoretic context. Researchers create a family of conformally covariant operators.
problem Developing a comprehensive set of conformally covariant operators.
method Constructing a family of conformally covariant tridifferential operators as tangential operators in the Fefferman--Graham ambient space.
result Symmetrization of ambient operators is formally self-adjoint.
Researchers develop weighted GJMS operators for smooth metric measure spaces.
problem Developing mathematical tools for smooth metric measure spaces.
method Constructing and proving formal self-adjointness of weighted GJMS operators.
result Formal self-adjointness of weighted GJMS operators proved.
We enhance autonomous materials research with problem-aware models.
problem Complex decision-making in autonomous materials.
method Bayesian framework, machine learning, physics-based models, operational considerations.
result Improved models reflect problem-specific structure.
The aim of this work is to develop a systematic manner to close overdetermined systems arising from conformal Killing tensors (CKT). The research performs this action for 1-tensor and 2-tensors. This research makes it possible to develop a new general method for any rank of CKT. This method can also be applied to other…
This paper aims to propose a novel deep learning-integrated framework for deriving reliable simulation input models through incorporating multi-source information. The framework sources and extracts multisource data generated from construction operations, which provides rich information for input modeling. The framewor…
Paper uses LightGBM for mobile user credit assessment.
problem Improving credit evaluation methods for communication operators.
method Data preprocessing, feature engineering, multiple machine learning models integration.
result Established a suitable fusion model for operator user credit evaluation.
Researchers create new operators from Riemannian invariants.
problem Developing new mathematical tools for Riemannian geometry.
method Introducing formally self-adjoint conformally covariant polydifferential operators.
result Found a fourth-order, conformally covariant tridifferential operator.
This research develops approximation theory for OOMs of infinite-dimensional processes.
problem Developing an approximation theory for OOMs of infinite-dimensional processes.
method Establishing an inner product structure and proving continuity of observable operators.
result A fundamental obstacle in making an infinite-dimensional space of future distributions into a Hilbert space is described.
These notes were originally written for the Stochastic Analysis Seminar in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University, in February of 2011. The seminar was attended and supported by members of the Research Training Group, with the author being partially supported by NSF gran…
Researchers describe local properties of Haantjes operators.
problem Understanding Haantjes operators with vanishing torsion.
method Complete local description of gl-regular Haantjes operators.
result Complete local description of gl-regular Haantjes operators.
QRAFTI uses multi-agent framework to improve equity factor research.
problem Replicating and developing new equity factors in large financial datasets.
method Integrates a research toolkit with MCP servers for data access and custom coding operations.
result Improves performance and explainability in multi-step empirical tasks.
In portfolio optimization problems, the minimum expected investment risk is not always smaller than the expected minimal investment risk. That is, using a well-known approach from operations research, it is possible to derive a strategy that minimizes the expected investment risk, but this strategy does not always resu…
Researchers create a parametrix for resolvents on manifolds with ends.
problem Essential self-adjointness of elliptic symmetric differential operators on manifolds with ends.
method Introduced semiclasical pseudodifferential operators compatible with the end structure.
result Essential self-adjointness of elliptic symmetric differential operators proved.
Researchers solve Yamabe problems for specific operators, finding both uniqueness and nonuniqueness.
problem Prescribing scalar, Q-, or σ₂-curvatures in conformal classes.
method Formally self-adjoint, conformally covariant, polydifferential operators.
result Uniqueness results on the sphere, nonuniqueness in general.
Paper proposes a method to quantify and explain machine learning uncertainty in predictive process monitoring.
problem Neglect of data-driven estimation, point forecasts without model uncertainty, and lack of explanations.
method Quantile Regression Forests for interval predictions and SHapley Additive Explanations for uncertainty.
result Effective handling of model uncertainty in predictive process monitoring.
Research resolves sign conventions in Floer theory for Morse-Bott case.
problem Sign conventions in filtered A∞-operations for Lagrangian Floer theory. method Defined filtered A∞-operations and verified formulae using de Rham model. result Resolved sign issues in Bott-Morse setting.
Researchers found explicit solutions to a complex equation in advanced geometry.
problem Critical Yamabe type equation in sub-Finsler geometry.
method Computed a two-parameter family of explicit positive solutions.
result Explicit solutions to a critical equation in sub-Finsler geometry.
Researchers solve the Calderón problem for fractional Dirac operators.
problem Determining the metric and structure from boundary measurements.
method Analyzing the fractional Dirac operator on vector bundles.
result The Calderón problem is solved uniquely for the fractional Dirac operator.
Researchers study spectral asymmetry using pseudodifferential projections on the massless Dirac operator.
problem Understanding spectral asymmetry for the massless Dirac operator.
method Constructing a negative order pseudodifferential asymmetry operator from spectral projections.
result Computed the principal symbol of the asymmetry operator, accounting for gauge invariance.
Researchers construct an index map for contact manifolds using K-theory.
problem Constructing an index for maximally hypoelliptic operators on contact manifolds.
method Using Higson's construction for symbol class in K-theory, they derive a series of maps whose induced map in K-theory is the Heisenberg Atiyah-Singer index map.
result Explicit construction of a series of maps leading to the Heisenberg Atiyah-Singer index map.
Koopman operator theory simplifies complex systems analysis.
problem Analyzing nonlinear dynamical systems and complex networks.
method Estimating Koopman operator from data to reveal system properties.
result Koopman operators provide insights into system characteristics.
New RL method improves on standard discounted RL for operations research.
problem Applying RL to operations research problems, especially with non-zero rewards.
method Near-Blackwell-optimal RL algorithm that assesses average reward per step.
result Proves viability on challenging queuing system problems.
This paper is a mixture of expository material and current research material. Among new results are examples of generalised harmonic spinors and their gauged version, the generalised Seiberg-Witten equations.
Researchers compute a residue cocycle for Dirac-type operators using modified Getzler calculus.
problem Computing the residue cocycle for Dirac-type operators.
method Modified Getzler calculus for computation.
result Computed residue cocycle for a class of Dirac-type operators.
This paper studies gl-regular Nijenhuis operators and their properties.
problem Characterizing and understanding gl-regular Nijenhuis operators.
method Analyzing the properties of gl-regular Nijenhuis operators and proving their existence in a coordinate system.
result Discoveries of normal forms for singular points and topological restrictions for gl-regular Nijenhuis operators on closed surfaces.
Data mining methods have been widely applied in financial markets, with the purpose of providing suitable tools for prices forecasting and automatic trading. Particularly, learning methods aim to identify patterns in time series and, based on such patterns, to recommend buy/sell operations. The objective of this work i…
In this paper, we use replica analysis to determine the investment strategy that can maximize the net present value for portfolios containing multiple development projects. Replica analysis was developed in statistical mechanical informatics and econophysics to evaluate disordered systems, and here we use it to formula…
Researchers create compatibility complexes for Einstein metrics.
problem Constructing solutions to the conformal-to-Einstein operator.
method Using a method that leverages symmetries and geometric properties.
result At most one independent solution exists under genericity assumptions.
Researchers transform equations and define integral operators on a ball.
problem Transforming equations from half space to ball.
method Identify Poisson kernel, define extension operator, prove inequalities.
result Uniqueness of extremal functions in limit case.
Researchers develop neural networks for approximating functions in Banach spaces.
problem Approximating Banach space valued continuous functions.
method Quasi-interpolation Banach space valued neural network operators using algebraic sigmoid functions.
result Jackson type inequalities for function approximation.
Researchers classify differential operators between 3-sphere and 2-sphere bundles.
problem Classifying differential symmetry breaking operators between 3-sphere and 2-sphere bundles.
method Constructing and classifying all differential symmetry breaking operators D_{λ,ν}^m.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of these operators.
Researchers decompose curvature to confirm Hopf conjecture and prove new rigidity theorems.
problem Confirming the Hopf conjecture on compact Riemannian manifolds of even dimension.
method Decomposing the curvature operator into Hermitian components and developing eigenvalue criteria for sectional curvature.
result Prove vanishing theorems for Betti numbers under integral bounds on the Weyl tensor and confirm the Hopf conjecture for manifolds with sufficiently small Weyl curvature.
Researchers extend pseudodifferential calculus on filtered manifolds using fixed point algebras.
problem Defining operators with varying orders on filtered manifolds.
method Using generalized fixed point algebras and nilpotent Lie groups, they construct a new calculus.
result They establish a new calculus that reflects the behavior of differential operators on filtered manifolds.
This research proves that quadratic regularized optimal transport can approximate the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth manifolds.
problem Approximating the Laplace-Beltrami operator using optimal transport with quadratic regularization.
method Deriving first-order optimal potentials and analyzing the convergence of discrete Laplace operators.
result The discrete Laplace operators converge to the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth manifolds.
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have received a lot of interest in the recent times. From the early spectral architectures that could only operate on undirected graphs per a transductive learning paradigm to the current state of the art spatial ones that can apply inductively to arbitrary graphs, GNNs have seen significan…
Researchers compute Wodzicki residue for pseudo-differential operators on compact Lie groups.
problem Computing the Wodzicki residue for pseudo-differential operators on compact Lie groups.
method Analytic continuation of traces and matrix-valued symbols.
result Main theorem complementary to [2], removing ellipticity hypothesis.
Mixed data comprises both numeric and categorical features, and mixed datasets occur frequently in many domains, such as health, finance, and marketing. Clustering is often applied to mixed datasets to find structures and to group similar objects for further analysis. However, clustering mixed data is challenging becau…
In the 'Big Data' era, many real-world applications like search involve the ranking problem for a large number of items. It is important to obtain effective ranking results and at the same time obtain the results efficiently in a timely manner for providing good user experience and saving computational costs. Valuable …
Introduce Collapsed Effective Operators for higher-order structures.
problem Existing spectral operators decompose topology into separate ranks, leaving practitioners to fuse information back to vertices.
method Introduce Collapsed Effective Operators via Schur complementation of a graded Laplacian.
result Preserves positive semi-definiteness, lowers system energy under higher-order connectivity.
Comprehensive review of robust portfolio selection models.
problem Addressing uncertainty in financial portfolio optimization.
method Classification and analysis of various models and approaches.
result Identification of open research questions.
Researchers compute the index of a specific operator on contact manifolds.
problem Computing the index of a twisted Dolbeault operator on toric contact manifolds.
method Using equivariant techniques, they localized the symbol to Reeb orbits and applied polytope decomposition.
result They derived an Atiyah-Bott-Lefschetz type formula for the index.
Co-designing efficient machine learning based systems across the whole hardware/software stack to trade off speed, accuracy, energy and costs is becoming extremely complex and time consuming. Researchers often struggle to evaluate and compare different published works across rapidly evolving software frameworks, hetero…
Research examines how strategic latency manipulation impacts Ethereum's network efficiency and decentralization.
problem Impact of artificial latency on Ethereum's network efficiency and decentralization.
method Comprehensive analysis of MEV-Boost auction system and empirical validation with a pilot.
result Increased profitability for node operators and significant systemic challenges like heightened network inefficiencies and centralization risks.
DeepONet accelerates nuclear DT inference with high accuracy and efficiency.
problem Real-time prediction and model evaluation in nuclear systems.
method Deep Neural Operator (DeepONet) for surrogate modeling.
result DeepONet outperforms traditional ML methods in accuracy and speed.
Researchers derive asymptotic expansions for thermoelastic operators on manifolds.
problem Determining precise geometric information from thermoelastic spectra.
method Asymptotic expansions with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions.
result Explicit calculation of first two coefficients for volumes.